Alert archive / Missouri / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 90, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Dec 27, 2008, 9:05 AM CST for Marion County, Shelby County, Missouri. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2008, 9:05 AM CST (15:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2008, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Marion County, MO, Shelby County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 4:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 231 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -165 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 851 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS53 KLSX 271505
TORLSX
MOC127-205-271530-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0090.081227T1505Z-081227T1530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
905 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
* UNTIL 930 AM CST
* AT 902 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION NEAR SHELBYVILLE...OR
ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF SHELBINA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EMDEN...
WARREN...
PHILADELPHIA...
THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE TO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE WARNED AREA.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 3995 9171 3975 9163 3966 9206 3966 9209
3983 9216 3995 9177
TIME...MOT...LOC 1506Z 251DEG 19KT 3977 9201
$$
CARNEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS53 KLSX 271524
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
924 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
MOC127-205-271530-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0090.000000T0000Z-081227T1530Z/
MARION MO-SHELBY MO-
924 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR EASTERN
SHELBY AND WESTERN MARION COUNTIES...
AT 923 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EMDEN...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SHELBINA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE...EMDEN...WARREN AND
PHILADELPHIA.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
LAT...LON 3995 9171 3975 9163 3966 9206 3966 9209
3983 9216 3995 9177
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 251DEG 19KT 3980 9189
$$
CARNEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 11:04 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis | 66 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 46 min |
| Dec 27, 1:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 1:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Shelby | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 2:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion, Monroe, Ralls | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 2:37 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:05 AM CST | Wind Advisory | LSX | Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds, Saint Charles, Sainte Genevieve and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 27, 7:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Iron, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington | 16 min |
| Dec 27, 8:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Shelby | 29 min |
| Dec 27, 9:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Knox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 9:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Boone, Monroe | 37 min |
| Dec 27, 9:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Monroe, Ralls | 41 min |
| Dec 27, 10:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Audrain, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 10:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Audrain, Pike, Ralls | 35 min |
| Dec 27, 10:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Callaway, Lincoln, Montgomery, Warren | 33 min |
| Dec 27, 10:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Pike | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 10:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Pike | 44 min |
| Dec 27, 10:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LSX | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Dec 27, 11:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Lincoln, Saint Charles, Warren | 43 min |
| Dec 27, 12:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Osage, Washington | 42 min |
| Dec 27, 12:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Saint Charles and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, Warren, Washington | 37 min |
| Dec 27, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 54 min |
| Dec 27, 1:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis | 53 min |
| Dec 27, 1:53 PM CST | River Flood Warning | LSX | Marion | 48 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:14 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Reynolds, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 1 more | 4 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.